Three nights. Their most adored albums. British alt-rock pioneers Suede return for their first Australian shows in a quarter-century, exclusively at the House.Suede’s breakout success catalysed the 90...

Chemists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung have developed a two-step, nickel-catalysed method that builds 3,3-diaryloxetanes, valuable ketone bioisosteres for drug discovery, directly

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02284-6The construction of complex sugars from aldehydes is difficult. Now, a rhodium-catalysed triple-carbonylation cascade is developed that enables the direct conversion of diverse aldehydes into structurally defined 4-carbothreofuranoses in one step. This strategy overcomes long-standing challenges in iterative carbonylation and establishes a modular platform for oxygen-rich scaffold assembly.

The event catalysed him into taking up organic farming and a life-long pursuit to preserve and cultivate traditional paddy varieties. The year

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02268-6Controlling the regio-, chemo-, and enantioselectivity of vicinal addition across olefins remains a challenging process. Now, a palladium-catalysed system has been developed, starting from propargylic alcohol precursors, that exploits tiered nucleophilicity between inner- and outer-sphere processes for precise control over the reaction outcome.

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02263-xThe selective assembly of multiple chemicals into complex chiral architectures in a single operation is a long-standing challenge. Now a palladium-catalysed orthogonal strategy has been shown to sort and incorporate two native N–H/O–H nucleophiles with similar reactivity, delivering enantioenriched 1,2-amino alcohols and 1,2-diols with high selectivity.

Alt: This thought catalysed by a story about Greta Garbo appearing in a ballbearing ad or somesuch bollocks, so here's Hedy Lamarr in constellation collar by way of some sort of twisted mental leap on my part. And yes, I'm staggeringly aware of the irony of me slagging off nostalgia while a) sharing Hedy gifs and b) incessantly tweeting about 1986. We are all sums of our contradictions. Live it.

Nature Catalysis, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41929-026-01616-6NiI/NiIII C(sp2)–heteroatom coupling is limited by poor oxidative addition, narrow scope and high catalyst loadings. Now a ligand/additive design approach balances NiI reactivity and stability, enabling the coupling of aryl bromides with nucleophiles at catalyst loadings as low as 100 ppm Ni.

Nature Synthesis, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s44160-026-01158-6A mild Ni-catalysed C–H alkylation of (hetero)arenes using sulfonylhydrazide-derived alkyl donors enables broad substrate scope, heterocycle compatibility and late-stage functionalization under 50 °C. Mechanistic studies suggest an asynchronous, amine-assisted C–H activation pathway, highlighting a practical strategy for chemoselective C–H alkylation.

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02258-8The de novo assembly of stereochemically complex carbohydrate mimics usually relies on traditional, protecting-group-intensive multistep synthesis. Now, it has been shown that a rhodium-catalysed triple-carbonylation cascade delivers functionalized, oxygen-rich scaffolds in a single step directly from simple aldehydes and carbon monoxide, achieving rapid complexity from readily available feedstocks.

This review discusses the formation of hypochlorous acid HOCl and the role of reactive chlorinated species (RCS), which are catalysed by the enzyme myeloperoxidase MPO, mainly located in leukocytes an...